Moshe Phillips
ARTICLES BY: Moshe Phillips
Places to Visit in Israel If You Really Want to Learn Its History
Are you or a family member traveling to Israel in 2019? Are you looking for something more than the average "Israel Experience"? Trips like Birthright Israel may...
The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Hanukkah, and Jewish Unity
Below is an excerpt of a speech written for a memorial service held in Kokomo, Indiana for the victims of the attack on the Tree Of...
Ron Lauder and Ze’ev Jabotinsky
Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), following up his March 18 New York Times column against Israeli settlers and several other targets, doubled down...
Amy Schumer, Breaking the Wedding Glass, and Jerusalem
With the summer wedding season upon us, Jewish couples are preparing for marriage ceremonies that will conclude with the ancient ritual that many know simply...
Outrage on the Mount of Olives
The controversy over whether to bury the French terror victims on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives is a reminder of the embarrassing failure to provide basic...
Don’t Let Vitriol Poision Debates on Israeli Policy
Israeli election campaigns are notorious for extreme accusations and nasty name-calling. But must such distasteful behavior spill over into the American Jewish community? Writing recently in...
Anti-Israel Forces Are Losing Ground
Critics of Israel periodically issue doomsday warnings about how the Jewish State will face international isolation if it does not quickly give in to Palestinian...
Why is Netanyahu in China for Yom Yerushalayim?
This year, Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, is observed on Tuesday evening, May 7th through Wednesday night, May 8th and celebrates the 46th anniversary of the...
Why Abe Foxman Was Wrong on Islamic Attack on the Boston Marathon
Abe Foxman, the ADL's longtime National Director, seemed to want to do everything possible to direct attention away from the possibility that the Boston Marathon...
The Haggadah for Jews Who Love Our Enemies
On one hand there stands the ancient rabbis who compiled the Haggadah with its multilayered sophistication and overwhelmingly positive, energetic, highly visible...
John Kerry: Kyrzakhstan and Palestine
On John Kerry's first international trip as U.S. Secretary of State he made a gaffe worthy of Joe Biden. The headline of London's Telegraph read...
Where Should President Obama Visit When He Goes to Israel?
Just hours after the announcement that President Obama would visit Israel, the U.S. ambassador in Tel Aviv, Daniel Shapiro, gave several interviews to...
Did the Wrong McCain School Hagel on the Middle East? (VIDEO)
The wrong McCain may have had the job of taking Senator Chuck Hagel to school on the Middle East. Senator John McCain earned plenty of...
Yair Shamir and Not Yair Lapid is the Big Winner in Israel’s Elections
The Israeli election news that has captured the moment is the surprising success of Yair Lapid's new party, Yesh Atid (There's a...
Nikki Haley Tells AIPAC Conference Arab States Themselves Don’t Believe in Their Anti-Israel Campaign Anymore
Israel Launches Retaliatory Operation Against Hamas in Gaza, Shelters Open Across Country, Ground Troops Moved to Border Area
Brooklyn College Students Call for ‘Intifada’ in Christchurch Attack Vigil
At AIPAC Conference, Vice-President Pence Slams Democrats for Failing to Condemn, Combat Antisemitism
‘I Nearly Lost My Family,’ British Immigrant Says After Seeing Gaza Rocket Destroy His Home in Central Israel